Queen puts on dazzling fashion show

By Nicola Woolcock

12:01AM BST 05 Jun 2002

The Queen chose a dazzling array of outfits to wear throughout her Golden Jubilee celebrations, in colours ranging from aquamarine to vivid coral.

Sir Hardy Amies, the best known of her designers, created the cornflower blue silk dress and coat she wore to a special service at St Paul's Cathedral yesterday morning. The matching large straw hat, with two feathers, was designed by Freddie Fox and was accompanied by white gloves, black shoes and a black handbag.

She changed into a vivid coral silk dress and jacket and black gloves before being driven down The Mall in an open-topped Range Rover and taking her place to watch the afternoon's procession. The outfit was designed by Karl Ludwig Couture and the hat by Philip Somerville.

The Queen started her Jubilee weekend by wearing a citrus green dress and matching three-buttoned jacket, but no hat, to the classical concert held in the grounds of Buckingham Palace on Saturday.

She chose a taupe silk outfit and matching wide-brimmed hat for a service to mark the jubilee at St George's Chapel in the grounds of Windsor Castle on Sunday morning.

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An aquamarine dress, single-breasted jacket and hat, with black gloves, were worn for a parade in Windsor on Monday. The Queen then changed into a duck-egg blue, high-buttoned coat for the pop concert on Monday night.

Throughout the weekend she has augmented her outfits with strings of pearls. One, a triple strand, was given to her by her father, George VI, when she was a girl. The other is believed to be the necklace she was given by her parents as a wedding present.

The Queen's circle of dressmakers includes Ian Thomas, Jon Anderson and Maureen Rose. Sir Hardy Amies, who created outfits for the Queen for 50 years, retired last year at the age of 92.